Item substitution in region title

It looks to me like the help docs say that you can substitute for a region title like this -- &user.
When I do that all I get is &user printed on my report.
Am I doing this wrong?
Using version 1.3.6
Curt

Does this substitution syntax hold true when exporting the region to CSV? The CSV filename is automatically set as the parent region's title and but I need to include the date int that filename. I've created a hidden page item to hold my title, but when I use the &(ITEMNAME). syntax in the region title I just get &ITEMNAME. Any idea what I'm doing wrong, or how to achieve the desire effect by another method?

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a

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fac586 ,
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http://deneskubicek.blogspot.com/
http://www.opal-consulting.de/training
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